The Importance of Impermanence

I think that what we do in this culture is we say, well, death is going to happen later. And I think later gives us that comfortable buffer between now and some other time when we can sort of spin our wheels. What we can do is see the reality of constant change. The cold you have today won't last forever. That really boring dinner party, you're going to go to a Saturday night, will come to an hendy. Without impermanence, your kids wouldn't grow up and take their first steps and your daughter wouldn't go to the prom. Living in harmony, we could say, or in achievement is a better word, with this confluence of

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